“I quickly got up and got back on my bike, but very quickly I realized I couldn’t go on like this,” Roglic said on Wednesday. “I had to stop and borrow a spectator seat to put my shoulder back into place myself. Since this has happened to me before, I know what to do, I grab my knee and pull hard. I don’t know what shape I’ll be in to continue. For now, I don’t think I’ve lost the Tour, I’m not there yet in my head, I’ll try to recover.”
Jack haig (Bahrain victorious) and Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Deceuninck) became the first riders to leave the Tour on the cobblestones. Haig, who hoped to challenge in the overall standings, suffered “multiple scrapes and bruises all over the body” and later had to be stitched up. Gogl, meanwhile, broke his collarbone and pelvis. Earlier this morning it was announced that Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies) would not start today’s stage after breaking his neck in a crash. Unbelievable that the Italian managed to finish yesterday’s stage.